QUESTION: I want to thank you so much for helping me see the light. I was one of those lost goldbugs who expected hyperinflation and the only gold would survive. As you say. A loss is a loss regardless of the reason why. If these people know gold is manipulated, then why tell people to […]

COMMENT: “Switzerland is caving in all over the place. I just got notified the IRS wants to look at my 2008 return because I was a partner in a company back then that had a perfectly legitimate business account at UBS back then. Statute of limitations is up on my return, so I have reason […]

QUESTION: Mr Armstrong, Always a learning experience when visiting your website. In view of your recent articles about the difficulties faced by hedge funds(e.g. SAC Hedge Fund being shut down,Largest FX Hedge Fund Closing Down,Commodity Hedge Funds are collapsing) do you consider that the Hedge Fund industry has peaked? JR ANSWER: Yes. This is also […]

COMMENT: Dear Martin, the information in your blog concerning the hunt for cash in Europe and changes to Swiss banking  laws were reported in the mainstream press today. See NY Times article featuring cash sniffing dogs at transportation centers in Europe. Keep up the great work! John From The New York Times: European Borders Tested as […]

QUESTION: With all the changes in laws and hunt for capital, where are American expats welcome these days? ANSWER: The best place in the world where you will not be treated with suspicion, hatred, or like some diseased entity nobody wants to do business with these days is China. They will embrace you and seem […]

Intel Core vPro processors are being marketed as a great advancement in security to protect your identity and files. Then they include something really new that they are calling REMOTE REPAIR. This allows remote parties to access your entire computer and turn it on when it is turned off. They can configure, diagnose, isolate, and […]

The Debt Ceiling Crisis has done far more damage than anyone suspects. It has drawn attention to the Sovereign Debt Crisis by highlighting the national debt and then the “Conservatives” are targeting the Republicans who voted to end the shutdown. While it may be admirable that someone is trying to address the debt crisis, shutting […]

COMMENT: Hi Mr. Armstrong, I enjoy reading your blog everyday, and thank you for your thoughts and for sharing your expertise.  This article which just appeared on cbc.ca’s website is about how public pensions need to be reformed within the province of Alberta Canada, and how the union is against this.  Please refer to the […]

Of course the American commentators are hurling nothing but insults at Putin for his Op-Ed in the New York Times. They dare to say with chemical weapons being used in Syria, he has no moral standing. Putin rightly points out that there is a serious casualty here and that will be the United Nations. “No […]

On Saturday, Pope Francis urged world leaders to stop a “spiral of sorrow and death” in Syria. He held a special five-hour prayer service that was attended by 100,000 people in Rome. Even Italian Muslims joined the Pope in his vigual for peace. There has never been such a mass of anti-Americanism perhaps in history. This […]